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Ex-Intel and AMD Chip Guru Jim Keller Joins AI Startup Tenstorrent

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Jim Keller, a famed chip architect with notable stints at Intel, AMD, and Tesla, has joined AI chip startup Tenstorrent as President, CTO, and board member. Keller previously worked with Tenstorrent founder Ljubisa Bajic at AMD and personally provided the first funding for the startup. Keller is known… Read more

AMD Patent Shows Off Potential CPU With Integrated FPGA

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) AMD has been doing wonders in the CPU industry, with its well-received and high performing Zen 2 and Zen 3 based processors, but now it seems AMD wants to improve performance not just through faster cores, but through the use of FPGAs. Just a few days ago, AMD filed… Read more

Third television program with the highest market share in 16 years

ARD has reason to be happy: With nationwide 000, 7 percent achieved their third-party television programs 2020 together the highest market share and thus the greatest audience success since 16 Years. Converted to absolute numbers, an average of 24, 8 million people tuned into one of the third programs of the ARD. The ARD announced… Read more

Crucial Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 C19 2x8GB Review: Blazing Speed Demon

Our Verdict The Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 could easily be anybody’s dream memory kit. However, the hardware requirements and the kit’s eye-watering price tag make it an extremely niche product. For Fastest memory kit on the market Fantastic XMP performance Fun to overclock Against Costs a small fortune Plug-n-Play is out of the question Steep hardware… Read more

How to Stream with XSplit: Set Up, Scenes, VCam, More

XSplit is a broadcast application like OBS (Open Broadcast Software). There are a few differences in the features because there are paid and free versions of XSplit. XSplit Broadcaster has a professional feel and is not hard to set up because it easily integrates with all the major platforms, including Twitch. What You Need to… Read more

EVGA 650W N1 Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The EVGA 650W N1 is a low-performance PSU with incorrect OCP and OPP and weak efficiency. For Full power at 36 degrees Celsius Satisfactory transient response at 12V Low inrush and leakage currents Long hold-up time Efficient 5VSB rail Enough connectors Rifle bearing fan Against 12V OCP and OPP are not configured correctly… Read more

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Review: Heir to the Titan Throne

Our Verdict Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition takes the crown as the fastest GPU around, but at twice the price of an RTX 3080. It’s blazingly fast, comes with gobs of memory, and the Founders Edition is absolutely massive … and most gamers don’t need it. We discuss price, performance, availability, power, and more… Read more

Thermaltake Toughpower PF1 650W Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The Thermaltake Toughpower PF1 650W achieves high performance and has also a dead silent operation. For Full power at 47 degrees Celsius High overall performance Efficient Highly efficient 5VSB rail Silent operation Long hold-up time Low inrush current with 115V Fully modular Adequate distance between the peripheral connectors 10-year warranty Against Mediocre transient… Read more

Activist Hedge Fund Calls for Intel to Spin Off Fabs

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) As reported by Reuters, activist hedge fund Third Point, which reportedly owns a $1 billion stake in Intel, has penned a letter to Intel Chairman Omar Ishrak asking the company to explore “strategic alternatives,” like spinning off its fabs and/or divesting itself of unsuccessful acquisitions, to address the company’s… Read more

Pepper Jobs XtendTouch Pro Review: Pretty, Portable OLED

Our Verdict A stunning AMOLED panel helps the XtendTouch Pro stand out among the portable monitor competition. But a required power hub and a high retail price mean this screen will mostly appeal to professionals. For Astounding image quality and brightness More versatile than competition Touch controls work well Against Expensive, especially at retail price… Read more

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review: A Huge Generational Leap in Performance

For Fastest Graphics Card (until 3090 arrives) Priced the same as RTX 2080 Super Delivers true 4K 60+ fps gaming Runs reasonably cool and quiet Major architectural updates for future games Against Highest TDP for a single GPU (until 3090) Potential for CPU bottlenecks Needs a 1440p or 4K display to shine We’re not sold… Read more

2020's Best Selling PC Games on Steam – Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2 at the Top

The end of the year is inevitably approaching, so there is a slow flood of summaries of all kinds. The Steam platform decided not to wait any longer and published a list of the best games of the year 2020 primarily in terms of sales results. In addition to revealing the real bestsellers on PC… Read more

Camera under the screen, rolled display and no charger included. These are the 2021 trends that we must be ready for

Until the end of 2020 we only have a few days left. This is the right time for all sorts of summaries that we treat our readers with. It is also a time when we reflect on what the 2021 year will bring. As I am responsible for the section of broadly understood mobile technology… Read more

OPPO X Tom Ford: The manufacturer is preparing a compact smartphone with a slider design. We find a rolled screen in it

During the last OPPO INNO Day event 2020, the manufacturer presented to the world the vision of the OPPO X smartphone 2021, which uses a rolling display design. This is an innovative development of flexible, foldable screens that has not yet been used by the creators of mobile devices. The above-mentioned equipment is only a… Read more

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review: The Pricing Conundrum

Our Verdict AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X offers great performance in applications, but the same gaming performance as its less-expensive counterpart, the Ryzen 5 5600X. For Strong gaming performance Solid single- and multi-threaded IPC gain, boost frequencies Power efficiency Overclockable PCIe Gen4 support 400/500-series compatible Against Price No bundled cooler No integrated graphics (Image credit: Tom’s… Read more